Face2News/New Delhi

The DUJ is outraged that the Taliban denied entry of Indian women journalists to a press conference by visiting Afghan Foreign Minister Amir Khan Muttaqi. 

The Press Conference was held at the Afghan Embassy in Delhi on Oct 10, 2025.

It is evident that the Government of India has decided to now re-set ties with the Talibani regime in Kabul. While the Government may have strategic reasons for this shift in policy, the blatant disregard of women's rights is unacceptable. The deliberate exclusion of women journalists from Muttaqi's press conference seems like tacit consent, if not approval, of the Taliban's blatant discrimination against women.

The DUJ unequivocally condemns the Taliban's numerous constraints on women's freedom and liberty in Afghanistan, especially the denial of education and the right to work, as well as human rights abuses under their regime.

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Sujata Madhok - President S.K.Pande - Vice President
Jigeesh A M - General Secretary